Democracy and the state
Subtitle: welfare, secularism, and development in contemporary India
By: Niraja Gopal Jayal.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Delhi; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Democracy -- India.; India -- Politics and government -- 1977-
Description: "This book examines the relationship between state, society and democracy in India over the last decade. It does so by exploring the recent careers of three goals that were pre-eminent on the state's agenda at Independence, and continue to inform contemporary debates on Indian politics and society. Each of these goals - welfare, secularism and development - is illuminated through a detailed case study to which the challenges of democracy and citizenship are central." "In exploring some aspects of the discursive terrain of Indian politics, this book provides a narrative which bridges the gap between political theory and empirical political analysis. This well-written and carefully argued book will be useful not only to postgraduate researchers in politics, but also to the ordinary reader interested in debates that confront contemporary India."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-273) and index.